The effects of genotype and altitude of the growing location on physical, chemical, and phytochemical properties of strawberry

Abstract

The effects of genotype and altitude of the growing location on physical, chemical, and phytochemical properties of strawberryfruits were investigated. Eight strawberry genotypes obtained from diverse breeding programs were selected. The genotypes weregrown at three altitudes: in Antakya (117 m), Urumu (443 m), and Saksak (755 m). The results indicated that genotype and growinglocation had a significant impact on both physico-chemical and phytochemical characteristics. Genotypes explained 36%–51% of totalvariance for fruit weight (FW), total soluble solids (TSS), total acidity (TA), color incidence chroma (C), hue (h°), citric acid, and totalmonomeric anthocyanin (TMA). Altitudes explained 23%–50% of total variance for color L, total phenolic content (TPC), glucose,fructose, and total sugar. The genotype effect was larger than that of the different altitude conditions for most of the physico-chemicaland phytochemical component variables in the experiment, showing that breeding for fruit quality properties may be successful.